Solutions Architect, Telecom

Imagine being part of a team where your ideas have the potential to transform some of the worlds largest Enterprise and Telecommunications companies. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking experienced Enterprise Solutions Architects to partner with industry-leading customers on their cloud transformation journeys.

In this highly technical customer-facing role you will engage directly with customers to understand their business drivers assess application portfolios and technology requirements and design reliable cost-effective and scalable cloud architectures on AWS. The problem domains are diverse and compelling: cloud-native network function virtualization digital customer journeys OSS/BSS transformation mobile edge computing hyperscale data analytics cybersecurity supply chain logistics fiber broadband platforms advertising technology financial services innovation government/enterprise solutions and ML Generative AI and Agentic AI.

What Youll Do
You will leverage the full breadth of AWS servicesincluding Artificial Intelligence edge computing IoT and rich data analyticsto craft solutions that address real business challenges. As a trusted customer advocate you will help organizations understand best practices around advanced cloud solutions and provide strategic guidance on migrating and modernizing existing workloads to the cloud. You will build deep relationships with senior technical leaders to enable them as cloud advocates within their companies.

Key job responsibilities
- Partner with customers to understand technical and business requirements assess application portfolios and guide AWS adoption strategies across telecommunications enterprise connectivity fiber broadband ad tech financial services and government sectors.
- Build trusted advisor relationships with senior technical leaders and executives enabling them as cloud advocates and supporting their digital transformation journeys.
- Drive revenue growth by formulating and executing sales strategies with AWS Sales teams mobilizing internal resources and the partner ecosystem to deliver successful builds and migrations.
- Design scalable resilient cloud architectures leveraging AWS servicesincluding Generative and agentic AI/ML edge computing IoT and data analyticsto solve complex challenges such modernization network function virtualization OSS/BSS transformation and cybersecurity.
- Enable customers through hands-on development sessions architectural deep dives workshops and acceleration programsbuilding prototypes and proof-of-concepts focused on resiliency security and cost optimization.
- Collaborate across AWS teams to shape new solutions reference architectures and repeatable mechanisms for telecommunications and enterprise use cases.
- Act as liaison between customers and AWS service engineering teams influencing the cloud services roadmap based on field observations.
- Represent AWS through thought leadership public speaking and industry engagement within telecommunications and service provider communities.
- Capture and share best practices through whitepapers code samples reference architectures and blog posts.

A day in the life
As an AWS Solutions Architect you will partner with customers Sales teams and internal groups to design scalable resilient cloud architectures that solve business challenges and accelerate AWS adoption across telecommunications and enterprise organizations. Your day blends customer engagements solution design and continuous learningacting as a trusted advisor who helps organizations understand cloud best practices while shaping strategies to broaden AWS adoption across their teams.

A key part of the role is working side-by-side with customer teams in hands-on sessions building prototypes and proof-of-concepts that demonstrate the art of the possible. You will think strategically about business outcomes products and technical complexities working backwards from defined customer goals to deliver measurable value.

Your creativity extends into developing new architectural patterns reference implementations and technical contentwhitepapers code samples solution guides and blog postsshared broadly across AWS and the community. You will evangelize AWS and telecommunications-specific solutions through workshops enablement sessions user groups public speaking and industry conferences.

The Solutions Architecture team provides an open environment with self-paced learning instructor-led training hands-on projects job shadowing and mentorship to deepen your AWS expertise and understanding of telecommunications industry challenges. You will bring insatiable curiosity to understand how technology works and achieve outcomes that delight customers.


About the team
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas fresh perspectives and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.

- 5 years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development cloud computing systems engineering infrastructure security networking data & analytics) experience
- 4 years of infrastructure architecture database architecture and networking experience
- 5 years of Information Technology (IT) experience
- Knowledge of cloud architecture

- Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
- Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
- Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective
- Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)
- Bachelors degree

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company Amazons package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription basic life & AD&D insurance) Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) paid time off and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN ON Toronto - 115100.00 - 166900.00 CAD annually